Keeanu Benton: NT · Wisconsin · #95.
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Keeanu Benton
Wins the gap play after play. The four seasons at Wisconsin span two head coaches: Paul Chryst and Jim Leonhard. All-Big Ten in 2022 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 5 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Minnesota, Week 13, 2022.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
36 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 10 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-0vs Illinois State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-17vs Washington State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 66-7vs New Mexico State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-52@ No. 3 Ohio State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 10-34vs Illinois | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 6 | W 42-7@ Northwestern | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 28-34@ Michigan State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 35-24vs Purdue | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 23-10vs Maryland | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-24@ Iowa | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 15-14@ Nebraska | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 16-23vs Minnesota | 5 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 20 | 10.0 | 4.5 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
28%10 TFLSack rate
12%4 sacksHurry rate
6%2 hurries36 tackles · 10 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jim Leonhard
Pass share
39.6%
326 pass / 497 run
Plays / game
63.3
13 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
353 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2022
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
The All-Conference honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #8 of 278 FBS interior linemen by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2022 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #8 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Wisconsin, 81 tackles — drafted at #49 overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
A stat line in 36 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN
All-Big Ten mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Paul Chryst → Jim Leonhard. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Pittsburgh SteelersEntering 4th NFL season
Pittsburgh SteelersEntering 4th NFL season
